Practical Handbook for the Working Musician

Over the coming months, we'll be featuring a series of articles
by local musician
Mike Mindel. If you're a working musician or
just aspiring to be, we think you'll find these articles interesting
and informative. After reading them, perhaps you'll find
you have your own thoughts or maybe some questions for follow-up discussion.
If so, we invite you to share your ideas on our
Musicians Discussion Board.

Note: These articles first appeared in Rhythm and News Magazine.
Thanks to George Fletcher (R&N publisher) for his support of their
publication here.
Please check out the
Rhythm and News Website when you get a chance!

Mike has also played with other regional bands, including Silk & Sounds (for
15 years), Soul System, Celebration, and Eddie U and The Turns. He has also
played with The Drifters, The Coasters, The Platters, Lowell Fulson and Bo
Diddley.

Mike's business, Michael Alan Music, does
regional/national jingles and
commercial scoring, digital arranging & orchestrating (sequencing) for hire,
music for singers and songwriters without bands for song demos, and keyboard
lessons.

Mike would welcome your comments and ideas and can be contacted at
Toupeeband@aol.com or you can go to
the
Contact Bill's Toupee page for a phone number, mailing
address, or online form you can use to send Mike a message.